Acrecebus
Extinct monotypic genus of monkeys
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Acrecebus is a prehistoric cebid monkey from the Late Miocene Solimões Formation of Acre State, Brazil and Bolivia.[1][2] The only species known is A. fraileyi. This genus is closely related to the genus Cebus.[3]
| Acrecebus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Family: | Cebidae |
| Subfamily: | Cebinae |
| Genus: | †Acrecebus Kay, 2006 |
| Species: | †A. fraileyi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Acrecebus fraileyi | |